Re: Is 802.11a supposed to work with wpi?

From: Doug Barton <dougb_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:05:32 -0800
Paul B Mahol wrote:
> On 12/27/09, Doug Barton <dougb_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Doug Barton wrote:
>>> I have the infamous Intel 3945ABG, and an access point that does
>>> 802.11a. The card works fine with WPA in Win XP, even with a wall or
>>> two in between me and the AP.
>>>
>>> With FreeBSD I cannot get a link in 802.11a even with no encryption
>>> and standing in the same room as the AP. Is it supposed to work?
>> Thanks to Attilio I got my only other 11a card working and it can sync
>> up with the AP even with WPA. It's not a strong signal, but it works
>> just fine:
>>
>> SSID/MESH ID   CHAN    RATE     S:N     INT    CAPS
>> my11assid       52     54M    -91:-96   100    EP   WPA
>>
>> So this definitely appears to be a wpi issue.
> 
> If you enable bootverbose (via loader or sysctl) what wpi says?

Thanks for responding. :)

Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/if_wpi.ko" at 0xc15a5270.
wpi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG> mem 0xecfff000-0xecffffff irq 17
at device 0.0 on pci12
wpi0: Driver Revision 20071127
wpi0: Hardware Revision (0x1)
wpi0: Regulatory Domain: MoW1
wpi0: Hardware Type: B
wpi0: Hardware Revision: ?
wpi0: SKU does support 802.11a
wpi0: [MPSAFE]
wpi0: [ITHREAD]
wpi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wpi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
wpi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wpi0: need multicast update callback
wpi0: need multicast update callback
firmware: 'wpifw' version 2144: 149652 bytes loaded at 0xc64945ec
wpi0: need multicast update callback
wpi0: need multicast update callback
wpi0: need multicast update callback
wpi0: need multicast update callback



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